Gezza

I don’t mean to criticise your service in Vietnam: I respect you for it.

But I couldn’t help thinking when I read that, that it’s a pity all that money was spent in Vietnam & that cost so many lives to no avail, when you look at the final result, the injuries still happening there today, the damage it did to so msny veterans, & what Vietbam is like today.

NOEL

Yeah ok but in 1969 the outcome for the South Vietnamese was looking better than at any other time during the war. Same cannot be said for 1972 during my second tour.
I would guess every soldier who served there would have liked to have been able to get a crystal ball along with his rifle from the Q Store.

Zedd

Zedd

I saw a news item on AlJz yesterday.. interview with Jill Stein (USA Greens) who was seen in a picture.. sitting a table (2015 ?) with Putin & one of MrTs advisors !

They asked if she was ‘perhaps colluding’ against Hillary too. She replied that she was at a conference on Anti-nukes & other ‘Green issues’ etc. these folks were also there. BUT it was interesting that Ms Stein was ‘at the TOP table’.. with Putin !?

They also showed a banner that said ‘better with Bernie or Jill than Hillary’. Sounded like NOT really ‘Pro-Trump’.. but ANTI-Hillary. There was a comment that many democrats believe that the Greens reduced their ‘Left vote’ & gave Mr T the numbers to win ??

I do think USA need to move away from their staunch two-party system & the Greens are at least trying to do so. If they had a MMP type system Hillary would have won anyway

Gezza

Zedd

I just watched part 2 of the doco. ‘In Pot Pursuit’. They visited a dispensary in California & interviewed a doctor who sees many patients who currently use cannabis & DO get relief. She said it may have some placebo effect.. BUT for children with Epilepsy.. it is NOT a placebo effect. It seems to rebalance the lack of body chemicals that CBDs & THC are similar to.

They spoke to several people who currently use cannabis/extracts for pain/ anxiety etc. inc. a boy who is now seizure free from Dravet syndrome (severe epilepsy) & a Army Vet. who suffers severe PTSD from his experiences in Iraq/Afghanistan. Many of these folks where prescribed Opioids etc. they now use cannabis drugs instead.. no over doses or severe side effects !

Meanwhile in NZ we still…. wait…

They showed a kiwi lady from part 1 who was waiting to get a review of her original ‘not approved’ for her spasms.. she has been granted $500 from ACC to get another specialist diagnosis.. but no guarantee. They revisited a family with two young girls (with severe neurological conditions) who were finally approved a cannabis drug; BUT one of the girls died soon after.. too little too late: “Anya RIP” 😦

One person writes a note warning about state house (low income people) moving in and it becomes a big story about society.
6:06 PM. Te Ahi Kaa RNZ
It became about racism about the good people (they spoke to in the street) and the other bunch who look down on Maori and the poor

You aren’t allowed a negative view of state housing, even though it may be street wise and balanced. One must wear rose coloured spectacles. t was an odd thing to write letters to all the residents. Anyway it is only one house. It is tough when you have flats all around.

sorethumb

What I’m saying is that whatever your views on state housing, that person was an outlier but is painted as representative of pervasive attitude.
If I was in that position [it would be a step up actually] , I would think “state house tenants? If they are ferals we will have to do what we can to get rid of them” The operative bit would be “ferals” (of any stripe).

Alan Wilkinson

Actually the operative bit is landlord wilful incompetence. So long as HNZ maintains a “no expulsion” policy and doesn’t remove feral tenants, neighbours will regard its properties as potentially an intolerable threat.